Little House on the Prairie
Country Girls
Season 1, Episode 2 · Aired 1974-09-18
Synopsis
Laura and Mary are nervous about their first day of school in Walnut Grove, but they are quickly put at ease by the genuine kindness of their new teacher and the majority of their classmates. Later, when their teacher invites the children's families to a special presentation in the classroom, Laura must come up with a plan when she realizes that she is not prepared.
In the series
This episode is part of Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) on NBC.
Walnut Grove tears and triumphs — frontier family myth as weekly comfort.
Key cast
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Lindsay Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
- Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls